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TIL of Canadian soldier Léo Major, who in 1944 freed the Dutch town of Zwolle by single-handedly capturing 93 German soldiers

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9YJdp TIL British prime minister Harold Wilson was so unliked by senior members of the army and MI5 that there allegedly were discussions about a military coup against the government in 1974
dJDj TIL that M&Ms were created so that military soldiers could enjoy heat resistant and easy to transport chocolate during war.
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